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MUE - MODEL OF UNIVERSAL EXCELLENCE |
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WE NEED NEW PARADIGM ABOUT LEADERSHIP |
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Author: Milan Grković |
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| In today's time of crisis, we need
good leaders more than ever. Unfortunately, we do not have enough
good leaders to resolve the current crisis. Facts about the leaders and the current crisis (according MUE - Model of Universal Excellence © 2007): 1. We have too many bad leaders, and not enough GOOD leaders. 2. The current crisis is the result of an INSUFFICIENT number of good leaders. The way we now teach how to be a leader is flawed because how can we explain next situations: 1. Why a crisis started in 2008, if we had enough good leaders? 2. If we have enough good leaders why the crisis is not yet resolved globally and in individual countries? 3. There is no consensus which knowledge, skills and behaviors are needed to be a good leader. 4. When we talk about leaders we think about exclusivist individuals with special characteristics that are not completely defined. How can we train new good leaders on this way? What? 5. Black and white approach to defining bosses and leaders. Bosses are negative, and leaders are positive. How do we train leaders on this way because they have something common? 6. We define too generally characteristics of a leader. There are several hundred of them. How to explain it and how individual (leader) can have it so many. 7. It is not known (not determined) where the best school for leaders in the world is. What if such school exists? Most will go into it and we shall have many good leaders. 8. When talking about the leaders we think on charismatic leaders such as Gandhi, King, Mandela, Jobs, ... The present times are completely different and will never occur such good leaders. The time of charismatic leaders is gone. 9. We did not define the knowledge, skills and behaviors that are common to the bosses and leaders, and it creates confusion. 10. There are too many different approaches how to train leaders what leads to their uneven ability. When we add negative selection of leaders we have a really big problem. These are just some of the elements that indicate that something is wrong with the training of leaders. Albert Einstein said: "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." We really have a big problem with leadership. How can we overcome leadership paradox: Better technology – less good leaders? Is it logic that we don't use this Einstein's quote? There is a big problem in leadership because we have a number of definitions of leaders which are different. We have many different explanations who are leaders. It is obvious that the definition of a leader is a problem. First we need a definition which is valid for the dominant majority (or for all). When we solve it (get consensus), we shall be able to "produce" much more good leaders. MUE (Model of Universal of Excellence) LEADERSHIP is a new leadership paradigm New definition of leader: Leader is every person which leads at least one person. This definition is very radical, but very effective. The consequences of the new definitions of leader: We have a number of leaders who must be trained to defined knowledge, skills and behavior to become good leaders. Initial assumptions: 1. Being a leader is a matter of DECISION. 2. Being a good leader is a matter of COMPETENCIES. 3. A good leader primarily has APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE (Critical Success Factor - CSF). 4. Management knowledge means the integrity and synergy between six MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS: Planning, organizing, leading, human resources management, controlling and improvement. 5. A good leader is determined by the number of creating NEW GOOD LEADERS (Key Performance Indicator - KPI). Every leader must have a defined: 1. purpose, 2. vision, 3. mission, 4. objectives, 5. areas of activities. These elements are the INITIAL ELEMENTS OF EXCELLENCE and define the required action of leaders and followers (MUE - Model of Universal Excellence). If "initial elements of excellence" are fulfilled - leader is good. If "initial elements of excellence" are not fulfilled - leader is bad. It is very simple to define and very simple to control. The seven main MUE components of leadership: 1. Interests, 2. Form of togetherness (group, organization or community), 3. Leader, 4. Followers, 5. Model of action, 6. Activities, 7. Results. We have too many bad leaders because they DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE MODEL OF ACTION. Notices: - There are many models of action on the market. - Choice of model of action is a subjective. The time for charismatic leaders is gone. Now is a time of rapid technological and social changes and on the stage we have a number of new leaders who have new leadership role and obligation for continuous learning.
Content is part of MUE – Model of Universal Excellence © 2007 Milan
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